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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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